It may have been noticeable to some that the initial posts from the recent trip to British Columbia, Canada concentrated on the beauty of the Great Bear Rainforest region of the North-West Pacific coast. This was deliberate, the aim; to give those that hadn’t visited an appreciation of the place. The motive; the Enbridge Gateway [...]
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Sustainable Travel – The Traveller’s Viewpoint
Those that read this site regularly will be aware that the topics of sustainable travel and the environment are close to my heart. Therefore it was particularly interesting to participate in the regular social media hashtag meet, Travel Talk on Twitter (TToT) which was about this subject. The social media travel community is extremely knowledgeable [...]
Travel Bloggers Give Back – Amur Leopard Conservation
I have been aware of the ‘Travel Bloggers Give Back’ initiative for more than a week now. I was contacted by Bret Love of Green Global Travel about becoming involved; it is a great idea and immediately agreed to provide my own supporting post. The challenge is that there are so many worthwhile causes finding [...]
Travel now; Our disappearing World
“Imperceptiblly, millimetre by millimetre, our planet changes daily, this is a disappearing world” The planet we call home is an amazing place; it is located in the band of space which is far enough away from the just right size star to not only produce but sustain life. The temperature range is perfect, the planet [...]
Sustainable Travel – Here for the Long Term?
Accessibility of air travel Sustainable travel is one of the fashionable terms being bandied about at the moment. Eco-tourism, green travel and reducing carbon-footprints are some of the current ‘buzz’ words of the travel industry. Airlines are offering carbon offsetting programmes where paying a little more for the flight means that ‘green’ initiatives will be [...]
Anthropocene Epoch – Our unwelcome ‘viral’ impact
If you are unfamiliar with the term Anthropocene Epoch, it is the informal name which has been given to describe our impact on the Planet. It is the geological period of time in which man’s activities has had significant influence over the eco-systems of this World. Moments ago I was writing a piece on making [...]
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